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Volunteers needed to save clipping service
PEOPLE using Age Concern Wiltshire's toe nail cutting service are concerned that their regular visits could soon cease.
After two successful years, funding for clinics has come to an end.
The charity is now looking for volunteers to cut toes nails in the established clinics across Wiltshire.
Nationally, nearly one third of older people are unable to cut their own toenails.
Liddy Davidson, director of Age Concern Wiltshire said: "Recruiting new volunteers is now essential if we are to maintain this key service.
"It is frustrating enough that we are unable to take on any more older people but ultimately we may have to close the service."
Volunteers are needed to help cut nails at clinics in Corsham, Trowbridge, Melksham, and Bradford on Avon. If you can help, call (01380) 727767.
9:34am Saturday 10th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 1:47pm Sat 10 May 08
how gross!!!
Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 9:23am Sun 11 May 08
Think about the difficulty of this simple act for us then for old people GSX.
As for gross, I suggest you do a stint in an average old peoples home before commenting on the gross levels of cutting toenails.
There are a few more tasks that are unsavoury but must be done by someone I'd imagine...
A lot of good work takes place by underpaid carers in this area.
We will both be old one day. Who will look after us?
Don't just think about tomorrow or yourself when having a say. That would be selfish and narrow minded.
Think about the difficulty of this simple act for us then for old people GSX.
As for gross, I suggest you do a stint in an average old peoples home before commenting on the gross levels of cutting toenails.
There are a few more tasks that are unsavoury but must be done by someone I'd imagine...
A lot of good work takes place by underpaid carers in this area.
We will both be old one day. Who will look after us?
Don't just think about tomorrow or yourself when having a say. That would be selfish and narrow minded.
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 3:59pm Sun 11 May 08
[quote][bold]Necker[/bold] wrote:
Think about the difficulty of this simple act for us then for old people GSX. As for gross, I suggest you do a stint in an average old peoples home before commenting on the gross levels of cutting toenails. There are a few more tasks that are unsavoury but must be done by someone I'd imagine... A lot of good work takes place by underpaid carers in this area. We will both be old one day. Who will look after us? Don't just think about tomorrow or yourself when having a say. That would be selfish and narrow minded.[/quote] sorry if you are looking for sympathy then you are barking up the wrong tree as any idiot who wants to wipe some old dears bum or mop up their pee is mad i wouldnt do it for 4 million pound a year.
Necker wrote:
Think about the difficulty of this simple act for us then for old people GSX. As for gross, I suggest you do a stint in an average old peoples home before commenting on the gross levels of cutting toenails. There are a few more tasks that are unsavoury but must be done by someone I'd imagine... A lot of good work takes place by underpaid carers in this area. We will both be old one day. Who will look after us? Don't just think about tomorrow or yourself when having a say. That would be selfish and narrow minded.
sorry if you are looking for sympathy then you are barking up the wrong tree as any idiot who wants to wipe some old dears bum or mop up their pee is mad i wouldnt do it for 4 million pound a year.
Posted by: mike, Trowbridge on 3:59pm Sun 11 May 08
Necker he's a bike rider ......
Necker he's a bike rider ......
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 4:00pm Sun 11 May 08
[quote][bold]mike[/bold] wrote:
Necker he's a bike rider ......[/quote] what do you mean by that!!!!!
mike wrote:
Necker he's a bike rider ......
what do you mean by that!!!!!
Posted by: mike, Trowbridge on 4:02pm Sun 11 May 08
Thick as pigs sh*t
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 4:21pm Sun 11 May 08
[quote][bold]mike[/bold] wrote:
Thick as pigs sh*t[/quote] no your just a *****r
mike wrote:
Thick as pigs sh*t
no your just a *****r
Posted by: Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire on 5:21pm Sun 11 May 08
Mike, dont get *issed cos you used to stuff sausages at Bowyers. Thats your problem. I'm a biker and your talking nonsense. Necker, can I asume you will be adding your name to the list of vols for this then?
Mike, dont get *issed cos you used to stuff sausages at Bowyers. Thats your problem. I'm a biker and your talking nonsense. Necker, can I asume you will be adding your name to the list of vols for this then?
Posted by: Yali, UK on 7:23pm Sun 11 May 08
GSX are you seriously a t**t or just playing at it. Lets hope one day you need some help and somebody just p*****s on you halfwit biker.
GSX are you seriously a t**t or just playing at it. Lets hope one day you need some help and somebody just p*****s on you halfwit biker.
Posted by: CC, Wiltshire on 10:41pm Sun 11 May 08
I'm sure the shoe sized IQ of GSX is plain for all to see.
However, please don't tar those of us who choose to ride a bike with the same brush.
If I had time, I'd vol for this, but I already do up to 15 or more hours a week in my spare time for another charity. Blood, guts and vomit included.
I'm not a vindictive person, but there is a very small part of me that wonders what'll happen if a certain person has an accident and ends up having to have his bum wiped for the rest of his natural. Maybe he'll be a tad more sympathetic, instead of just pathetic.
Anyone who signs up for this much needed service deserves credit and perhaps a medal!
I'm sure the shoe sized IQ of GSX is plain for all to see.
However, please don't tar those of us who choose to ride a bike with the same brush.
If I had time, I'd vol for this, but I already do up to 15 or more hours a week in my spare time for another charity. Blood, guts and vomit included.
I'm not a vindictive person, but there is a very small part of me that wonders what'll happen if a certain person has an accident and ends up having to have his bum wiped for the rest of his natural. Maybe he'll be a tad more sympathetic, instead of just pathetic.
Anyone who signs up for this much needed service deserves credit and perhaps a medal!
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 5:54pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]CC[/bold] wrote:
I'm sure the shoe sized IQ of GSX is plain for all to see. However, please don't tar those of us who choose to ride a bike with the same brush. If I had time, I'd vol for this, but I already do up to 15 or more hours a week in my spare time for another charity. Blood, guts and vomit included. I'm not a vindictive person, but there is a very small part of me that wonders what'll happen if a certain person has an accident and ends up having to have his bum wiped for the rest of his natural. Maybe he'll be a tad more sympathetic, instead of just pathetic. Anyone who signs up for this much needed service deserves credit and perhaps a medal![/quote] anyone who volunteers for this has to much time on their hands and needs to get a life and get out more often....
if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!!
CC wrote:
I'm sure the shoe sized IQ of GSX is plain for all to see. However, please don't tar those of us who choose to ride a bike with the same brush. If I had time, I'd vol for this, but I already do up to 15 or more hours a week in my spare time for another charity. Blood, guts and vomit included. I'm not a vindictive person, but there is a very small part of me that wonders what'll happen if a certain person has an accident and ends up having to have his bum wiped for the rest of his natural. Maybe he'll be a tad more sympathetic, instead of just pathetic. Anyone who signs up for this much needed service deserves credit and perhaps a medal!
anyone who volunteers for this has to much time on their hands and needs to get a life and get out more often....
if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!!
Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 6:50pm Mon 12 May 08
Here comes the 10:45 from London...
Here comes the 10:45 from London...
Posted by: YetiJoe, Trow on 8:46pm Mon 12 May 08
OMG!
Let's hope you pop a disk GSX, are unable to bend and your missus (if there is truly a woman dumb enough to be with you) does nothing for you (even to help you get to that train).
After you have lain in your own mess for a week or so and have finished crying perhaps you might find a soul in there somewhere.
Otherwise please don;t wait for the 10:45 and bring any distress to a poor train driver, wrap that bike around a tree. Do a good job too, I don't want my taxes paying to wipe your backside and cut your toenails...
OMG!
Let's hope you pop a disk GSX, are unable to bend and your missus (if there is truly a woman dumb enough to be with you) does nothing for you (even to help you get to that train).
After you have lain in your own mess for a week or so and have finished crying perhaps you might find a soul in there somewhere.
Otherwise please don;t wait for the 10:45 and bring any distress to a poor train driver, wrap that bike around a tree. Do a good job too, I don't want my taxes paying to wipe your backside and cut your toenails...
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 10:02pm Mon 12 May 08
[quote][bold]YetiJoe[/bold] wrote:
OMG! Let's hope you pop a disk GSX, are unable to bend and your missus (if there is truly a woman dumb enough to be with you) does nothing for you (even to help you get to that train). After you have lain in your own mess for a week or so and have finished crying perhaps you might find a soul in there somewhere. Otherwise please don;t wait for the 10:45 and bring any distress to a poor train driver, wrap that bike around a tree. Do a good job too, I don't want my taxes paying to wipe your backside and cut your toenails...[/quote] YOU ARE JUST A F*****G W****R AND I WOULDNT WISH DEATH ON ANYONE BUT I AM NOT A NASTY VILE C*NT LIKE YOU!!!
YetiJoe wrote:
OMG! Let's hope you pop a disk GSX, are unable to bend and your missus (if there is truly a woman dumb enough to be with you) does nothing for you (even to help you get to that train). After you have lain in your own mess for a week or so and have finished crying perhaps you might find a soul in there somewhere. Otherwise please don;t wait for the 10:45 and bring any distress to a poor train driver, wrap that bike around a tree. Do a good job too, I don't want my taxes paying to wipe your backside and cut your toenails...
YOU ARE JUST A F*****G W****R AND I WOULDNT WISH DEATH ON ANYONE BUT I AM NOT A NASTY VILE C*NT LIKE YOU!!!
Posted by: YetiJoe, Trow on 10:16pm Mon 12 May 08
Lol, sensitive soul are you...
You don't think well of anyone who wipes bums or mops up pee, "idiots" you called them. That would leave many vulnerable old folk in a difficult and miserable position, clearly okay with you.
But your life is so precious..... mmmmm
Nice to see a nerve can be touched, some emotion inthere somewhere. turn that anger into some feeling for your fellow elderly and their much underated toenail clippers. It'll make YOU a nicer person.
:)
Lol, sensitive soul are you...
You don't think well of anyone who wipes bums or mops up pee, "idiots" you called them. That would leave many vulnerable old folk in a difficult and miserable position, clearly okay with you.
But your life is so precious..... mmmmm
Nice to see a nerve can be touched, some emotion inthere somewhere. turn that anger into some feeling for your fellow elderly and their much underated toenail clippers. It'll make YOU a nicer person.
:)
Posted by: CC, Wiltshire on 10:12am Tue 13 May 08
[quote]quote[/quote] if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!![quote]quote[/quote]
If you could do everything for yourself then you couldn't have been that immobilised! Paralysed from the neck down instead of the neck up would be immobilised!
My spare time is well used, trust me, and if saving someone's life or making a difference to how they are treated after an accident a couple of times a week makes me an idiot in your book then so be it.
As for getting a life, I think mine is just fine - full to the brim in fact!
Try spending an hour or two with an elderly person now and then - they can be fascinating to talk to with more dignity in their unclipped little toe than some have all over.
quote
if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!!
quote
If you could do everything for yourself then you couldn't have been that immobilised! Paralysed from the neck down instead of the neck up would be immobilised!
My spare time is well used, trust me, and if saving someone's life or making a difference to how they are treated after an accident a couple of times a week makes me an idiot in your book then so be it.
As for getting a life, I think mine is just fine - full to the brim in fact!
Try spending an hour or two with an elderly person now and then - they can be fascinating to talk to with more dignity in their unclipped little toe than some have all over.
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 7:19am Wed 14 May 08
[quote][bold]CC[/bold] wrote:
[quote]quote[/quote] if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!![quote]quote[/quote] If you could do everything for yourself then you couldn't have been that immobilised! Paralysed from the neck down instead of the neck up would be immobilised! My spare time is well used, trust me, and if saving someone's life or making a difference to how they are treated after an accident a couple of times a week makes me an idiot in your book then so be it. As for getting a life, I think mine is just fine - full to the brim in fact! Try spending an hour or two with an elderly person now and then - they can be fascinating to talk to with more dignity in their unclipped little toe than some have all over. [/quote] good to talk to yeah if you are interested in numerous stories about the war and being bored to death!!!!
CC wrote:
quote
if you give up your time for charity then that is your doing and if you are crazy enough to do dirty work for nothing then you are the idiot i have had very serious accidents in the past that have immobilised me but i have suffered and done everything my self regardless of my physical being i am very independant and do everything for myself and wait on no one and i have told my wife that the day i need so saddo with no life to wipe my bum will be the day i walk out in front of a train!!!!quote
If you could do everything for yourself then you couldn't have been that immobilised! Paralysed from the neck down instead of the neck up would be immobilised! My spare time is well used, trust me, and if saving someone's life or making a difference to how they are treated after an accident a couple of times a week makes me an idiot in your book then so be it. As for getting a life, I think mine is just fine - full to the brim in fact! Try spending an hour or two with an elderly person now and then - they can be fascinating to talk to with more dignity in their unclipped little toe than some have all over.
good to talk to yeah if you are interested in numerous stories about the war and being bored to death!!!!
Posted by: YetiJoe, Trow on 10:06pm Wed 14 May 08
From your own assessment of the likely results, sounds like you should really go and speak to them......
From your own assessment of the likely results, sounds like you should really go and speak to them......
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